To ask what people mean by 'educated?'

All I have seen on posts regarding the refurendum vote are people stating how 'educated' they were in their decision, versus those who weren't. I am interested to know how you define 'educated?'

Are we talking, you read a newspaper, a leaflet that came through the door and you watched Eddie Izzard vs Nigel Farage on Question Time 'educated?'Or, you have a political degree and are a member of a party 'educated?'

for me - in this context I would say it's having an understanding of the implication of leave and remain and the ability to see past the lies spin

so for example - on immigration - understanding that 70% of out immigration is none EU and that negotiating a trade agreement with the EU on leaving would probably (would!) mean no change in free movement

Agree with ghosty.Also able to follow independent economic advice. Or understand that when the statistics authority says the claim about the £350m saving each week is misleading, that probably means it ain't true...🙄

Amongst the people I have heard use the phrase 'educated' linked to the EU it has meant educated as in degree/university education.

As in "educated people are more likely to have voted to remain" meaning 'those people who are educated to university level and beyond, and usually in professional jobs requiring such education levels, are more likely to have voted to remain."

I don't see how having a degree in performing arts would mean you have a more 'educated' vote than someone who has an GCSE in politics, for instance? If someone is coming at it from that angle then surely they are being ridiculous?

Absolutely agree. It's a ridiculous notion. How does graphics design, dance, games design help with these decisions? Hell, how do more "respected" degrees such as maths, chemistry, etc, have any influence on how well informed someone is?

Like someone above said, it's correlation not causation but people seem to be trying to spin it otherwise, as if the "dumb" ("uneducated") are the reason for the vote going against them.

Well TBF almost any degree teaches you; to check sources, properly reference, the difference between primary sources and others, to be cynical about information depending on where it comes from, to discuss and debate differences and to read.